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Hear and Now is an award-winning intergenerational community arts project developed over the past ten years by the Philharmonia Orchestra and Orchestras Live in Bedford. Hear and Now is a musical collaboration between older people living with dementia and their carers; young singers and instrumentalists from grassroots community organisations and local primary schools; and members of the Philharmonia Orchestra. Through a series of workshops, participants contribute spoken and musical ideas, emotions, movement, memories and ambitions.
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The project represented an opportunity to access a type of arts experience seldom available to them, as well as exposure to intergenerational practice. The overall experience allowed for assumptions about other people and their own abilities to be challenged during the project. Many of the adult participants felt that seeing the older participants engaged and taking part with enthusiasm would be a valuable learning experience for the younger participants, and might help to shift their perspective.